WALES 54, URUGUAY 9: World Cup Pool A

20.09.2015
Wales 54, Uruguay 9 in Cardiff (World Cup, Pool A)

Review
Wales were too strong for Uruguay on their home turf and notched up a satisfactory 54-9 win. Their injury worries continued as Liam Williams, Paul James, Cory Allen and prop Samson Lee were all replaced during the game because of injuries. Prior to the tournament Leigh Halfpenny, Rhys Webb and Eli Walker withdrew from the team because of injuries.

It wasn’t a convincing performance but it was a good win. Uruguay were spirited in play, defended well early on and never gave up.

Wale’s next game is the big class against England at Twickenham this weekend whilst Uruguay face an even bigger opponent when the face Australia (and later England !) in 6 days time.

Wales was just too much for Uruguay to handle
Image thanks to www.theguardian.com

Other Reviews
http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/275413.html

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/sep/20/wales-v-uruguay-rugby-world-cup-2015-live

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3551_81256,00.html

POOL A

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	TF	TA	BP	PT
WALES	1	1	0	0	54	9	45	8	0	1	5
ENGLAND	1	1	0	0	35	11	24	4	1	1	5
FIJI	1	0	0	1	11	35	-24	1	4	0	0
URUGUAY	1	0	0	1	9	54	-45	0	8	0	0
AUSTRALIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

 

18.09.2015	ENGLAND	35	FIJI	11	TWICKENHAM
20.09.2015	WALES	54	URUGUAY	9	CARDIFF
23.09.2015	AUSTRALIA		FIJI		CARDIFF
26.09.2015	ENGLAND		WALES		TWICKENHAM
27.09.2015	AUSTRALIA		URUGUAY		BIRMINGHAM
01.10.2015	WALES		FIJI		CARDIFF
03.10.2015	ENGLAND		AUSTRALIA		TWICKENHAM
06.10.2015	FIJI		URUGUAY		MILTON KEYNES
10.10.2015	AUSTRALIA		WALES		TWICKENHAM
10.10.2015	ENGLAND		URUGUAY		MANCHESTER

Data from www.rugbyinternational.net

NEW ZEALAND 26, ARGENTINA 16: World Cup, Pool C

20.09.2015

After a shaky start (actually all the first half and some of the second) New Zealand finally overcame a stern challenge from the South Americans. The Argentineans defended grandly and produced a number of attacking opportunities, feeding off the All Blacks mistakes and applying pressure.

Two yellow cards to two experienced All Blacks (McCaw and Conrad Smith) highlighted the pressure exerted upon the New Zealanders as indiscipline crept into their play. Once the replacements started to appear in the second half, especially the arrival of Sonny Bill Williams, the All Blacks upped the tempo and put an end to the South American challenge.

Up until the last quarter of the match an upset victory by Argentina was on the cards. The crowd’s anticipation of witnessing two upsets in a row (following Japan’s victory over South Africa the day before) created a fantastic atmosphere at the ground. This World Cup is alive and well!

Exit Richie McCaw.
Image thanks to www.rugbyworld.com

Argentina’s defence was the key to their earlier dominance.
Image thanks to www.dailymail.co.uk

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	TF	TA	BP	PT
NEW ZEALAND	1	1	0	0	26	16	10	2	1	0	4
GEORGIA	1	1	0	0	17	10	7	2	1	0	4
TONGA	1	0	0	1	10	17	-7	1	2	1	1
ARGENTINA	1	0	0	1	16	26	-10	1	2	0	0
NAMIBIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

 

19.09.2015	GEORGIA	17	TONGA	10	GLOUCESTER
20.09.2015	NEW ZEALAND	26	ARGENTINA	16	LONDON
24.09.2015	NEW ZEALAND		NAMIBIA		LONDON
25.09.2015	ARGENTINA		GEORGIA		GLOUCESTER
29.09.2015	TONGA		NAMIBIA		EXETER
02.10.2015	GEORGIA		NEW ZEALAND		CARDIFF
04.10.2015	ARGENTINA		TONGA		LEICESTER
07.10.2015	NAMIBIA		GEORGIA		EXETER
09.10.2015	NEW ZEALAND		TONGA		NEWCASTLE
11.10.2015	ARGENTINA		NAMIBIA		LEICESTER

Stats from www.rugbyinternational.net

RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015: Coming Up Day 3

20.09.2015
Wales v Uruguay in Cardiff (World Cup, Pool A)
Samoa v United States at Brighton (World Cup, Pool B)
New Zealand v Argentina in London (World Cup, Pool C)

Briefly
New Zealand begin this tournament with what will probably be their toughest match. Argentina believe they can cause another sensational upset.

Wales and Samoa are favoured to win their first pool matches.

RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015: Other Results Day 2

19.09.2015
Georgia 17, Tonga 10 in Gloucester (World Cup, Pool C)
Ireland 50, Canada 7 in Cardiff (World Cup, Pool D)
France 32, Italy 10 at Twickenham (World Cup, Pool D)

Briefly
Georgia caused a minor surprise by defeating Tonga in Pool C. Tonga’s build up has been impressive but today Georgia, playing with their usual scrum power scored 2 tries to 1.

Ireland and France predictably won their first games in the tournament.

ENGLAND 35, FIJI 11: World Cup, Pool A

18.09.2015

England stuttered and stumbled their way to a win over Fiji following the opening ceremony of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

This was a match full of tension and full of errors. There was one stage in the second half when Fiji threatened to run away with the game. England brought on some timely replacements, took control of the game and eventually shut Fiji out.

If England plays like this again they may well struggle to make it past the quarter finals stage.

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	TF	TA	BP	PT
ENGLAND	1	1	0	0	35	11	24	4	1	1	5
FIJI	1	0	0	1	11	35	-24	1	4	0	0
AUSTRALIA
WALES
URUGUAY

JAPAN 34, SOUTH AFRICA 32: World Cup Pool B

19.09.2015

SENSATIONAL!!

This day will go down in rugby history. Japan pulled off what has to be the most sensational test rugby upsets of all time. In amazing scenes in Brighton Japan scored a last minute try to take the game away from a stunned South African side.

  
This was the try that sealed the game for Japan.
Image thanks to www.itv.com

Head coach for Japan Eddie Jones joins in the celebrations.
Image thanks to www.theguardian.com

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	TF	TA	BP	PT
JAPAN	1	1	0	0	34	32	2	3	4	0	4
SOUTH AFRICA	1	0	0	1	32	34	-2	4	3	2	2
SAMOA
SCOTLAND
UNITED STATES

Video Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1ghArmsJjQM

Other Reviews
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/sep/19/rugby-world-cup-south-africa-v-japan-live

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3551_81027,00.html

http://www.espnscrum.com/2015-rugby-world-cup/rugby/story/275293.html